The presidential candidate, the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov asks the Patriarch of the Moscow and All Russia Kirill to explain the position of the Russian Orthodox Church regarding the possibility of introducing universal electronic cards (UEC), which can replace the passport, as well as all other personal documents of the country's citizens, Interfax reports.

The Milan court issued a verdict on the non-punishability of the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for the limitation of the crime in the scandalous “Mills case”, in the framework of which he was charged with corruption, RIA Novosti reports.

The Kremlin advises President Tunisia not to speak for Russia about the possible refuge for Bashar Assad.

In St. Petersburg on Saturday, a march and a rally "For honest elections" were held. The marching people who came from the capital, oppositionists Alexei Navalny, Harry Kasparov, Sergey Udaltsov and others, as well as representatives of the St. Petersburg opposition, were led by the rally, Interfax reports. According to the organizers, this should show that there are no individual city shares in Moscow or St. Petersburg, but there is a all -Russian protest.

Former Yemen President Ali Abdallah Salekh returned to the country after a three -week stay in the United States, where he was treated from wounds received during the attempt in June 2011, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Ar. Earlier on the night of Saturday, the US State Department officially confirmed that Salekh left the United States last Wednesday. As the New York media reported, the ex-president on Wednesday evening flew out of Boston to the capital of Ethiopia Addis Abube.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the Supreme Khural (parliament) of the Republic of Tuva the candidacy of Kara-ool Sholban Valerievich to give him the powers of the head-the chairman of the government of the republic, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the Kremlin press service. The 46-year-old Sholban Kara-ool has been heading the republic since 2007, its powers have expired in April this year.

The presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov met with voters at the Russian Academy of Sciences on Saturday, where he voiced his ideas for the reform of Russian education. And also in honor of Shrovetide treated all pancakes. As a result, it turned out that all three stages of education are needed, and new Russians should begin to be brought up from kindergarten - as in Finland. Universities, according to Prokhorov, should become economically independent.

Liverpool midfielder Stephen Jerrard confirmed that he was ready to take the “vacant” place of the captain of the England national team, which was released after the football association deprived the bandage of the Chelsea defender John Terry. “If I am offered to become the captain of the national team, then I willingly agree,” Jerrard Air Force quotes. “I will be glad and proud to make a captain's bandage.

The calls for the immediate end of any violence and the introduction of new sanctions against the Syrian authorities are contained in the final declaration of the conference of Syria Friends , adopted on Saturday night in Tunisia. "Friends" also recognized the legitimate power of the Syrian national council and promised the effective support of the opposition.

The British Professional Boxer Derek Chizor, ex-co-player of the WBA world champion title of heavyweight, intends to meet with the winner of the battle for the regular WBA title between the Russian Alexander Povetkin and Marco Hook from Germany. Derek Chizor flew on a private plane belonging to one of the Russian businessmen, from Great Britain to Stuttgart to attend a duel. It is expected that he will sit in the front row as an honorary guest.

The famous British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber intends to write his next musical about the "Profumo case"-a spy scandal of 50 years ago, in which the alleged employee of Soviet military intelligence was involved, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the British media.

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, 85-year-old Fidel Castro, during the upcoming visit of the Pope Benedict XVI to Cuba, may return to the Catholic Church in which he was baptized in childhood, today.ua reports with reference to the Kai agency. The daughter of Castro Alina Fernandez, practicing Catholic, told Italian journalists that her father had become closer to religion and to God. Fidel baptized in childhood attended the Jesuit schools in Santiago de Cuba and Havana.

Ex-president of South Africa Nelson Mandela was hospitalized in the hospital of Johannesburg, reports Reuters with reference to representatives of the country's leadership. Mandela, who was 93 years last year, complains about pain in the abdominal cavity and needs to be observed by specialists, reports Gazeta.ru . Nelson Mandela is the first black president of South Africa.

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev said that his country did not need foreign military bases, and in various interviews announced that he was ready to save Kyrgyzstan from the American base in Manas and from the Russian - in Kant. In anticipation of the visit of the President of the Kyrgyzstan of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the Manas base can be used for an American impact on Iran .

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, reprimanded the Minister of Culture Pavel Latushko and the chairman of the Belteleradiocompany Gennady Davydko for distorting the results of the selection of the Belarusian representative for the Eurovision-2012 contest, which will be held in Baku, ITAR-TASS reports.